Endoscopic Therapy for Chronic Pancreatitis
Endoscopic therapy is recommended as the first-line therapy for painful chronic pancreatitis with an obstacle on the main pancreatic duct (MPD). The clinical response should be evaluated at 6 to…
Endoscopic Therapy for Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis
Endoscopy plays an important role in both the diagnosis and the initial management of recurrent acute pancreatitis, as well as the investigation of refractory disease, but it has known limitations…
Endoscopic Therapy of Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Pseudocysts
Endoscopic therapy has become an essential component in the management of postpancreatitis complications, such as infected and/or symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis. However, although there have been 2 recent…
Preventing Pancreatitis after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Post–endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis is a common and potentially devastating complication of ERCP. Advances in risk stratification, patient selection, procedure technique, and prophylactic interventions have substantially improved the endoscopists’…
Endoscopic Management of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis represents numerous unique challenges to the practicing digestive disease specialist. Clinical presentations of acute pancreatitis vary from trivial pain to severe acute illness with a significant risk of…
Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) can be a useful tool for detecting underlying causes of acute pancreatitis and establishing the severity of fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis. Ancillary techniques include fine needle aspiration…
Effective Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Diseases
Martin L. Freeman, MD, Editor I had the honor of being invited by Dr Lightdale to edit the current issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America on the role…
Advances in Pancreatic Endoscopy
Charles J. Lightdale, MD, Consulting Editor “Risky Business” is a title that springs to mind when considering an issue of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America on the subject…
Future Directions in EUS-guided Tissue Acquisition
Endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration is considered the technique of choice for acquisition of tissue in and around the digestive tract. The emergence of selective, targeted therapies, directed toward a particular…
Pitfalls in EUS FNA
Although endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a safe and accurate procedure, the diagnostic yield varies. Factors contributing to the diagnostic accuracy of EUS FNA include endosonographer and cytopathologist…
